Qantati Junior

English

Qantati Junior is a small publisher devoted exclusively to books written for children. Aware that the Canadian environment is a meeting place of languages and cultures, its founders, Camila Reimers and Gabriela Etcheverry, offer publication options to authors of children’s stories and poems who are interested in passing on the values of their original cultures to the new generations born or raised in Canada, in their language of choice. Mission Qantati Junior’s aim is to produce printed and electronic materials designed to entertain children through stories, poems and other art forms that foster the expansion of their minds, awareness of their surroundings, and the development of a healthy personality. Our purpose is to promote mutual respect and affirm the value of life while seeking ways of constructively addressing the environmental and social issues that children face nowadays and to help prepare them for future challenges. In selecting works for publication, Qantati Junior favours works that combine imagination with knowledge of the cultures of the children’s parents and schoolmates. We believe it is important to strengthen the intergenerational identity bonds as the basis for a healthy personality and a happy and rewarding life. To read or to listen to a poem, a short story or other texts for children in a caring, supportive environment awakens the creative powers of children, fosters their love of reading, enhances their knowledge, and strengthens their self-confidence.